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CVE-2006-5174

CVE-2006-5174 PUBLISHED

Reported by mitre · Published October 5, 2006

The copy_from_user function in the uaccess code in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.19-rc1, when running on s390, does not properly clear a kernel buffer, which allows local user space programs to read portions of kernel memory by "appending to a file from a bad address," which triggers a fault that prevents the unused memory from being cleared in the kernel buffer.

Affected Products

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Timeline

  • Oct 5, 2006 CVE Published
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